For the past month I have been everywhere it seems like! But, the most exciting thing that I did was participating in the Hill Cumorah Pageant in Palmyra, New York!
It was so much fun and very much a growing experience for me. The show is called "America's Witness for Christ" and it is the story of the Book of Mormon and then a quick run through of the restoration of the Church. I played two parts in the show. My first part was a Ceremonial Dancer. Basically, I was wicked and got to dance in front of altars and idols!
This is the costume I got to wear for that lovely altar dance!
We also got to wear SUPER dramatic eye make-up. In fact we were the only people in the cast whose make up had to be a certain way. There were others who had to be wearing some type of make-up, but not like this!
The other part that I had was a New World Woman. This basically meant that I had the wonderful opportunity to bring children to the Savior when he descends from heaven. I had two other people my age with me and five children. It was an amazing experience to get to share that special time with children. It really makes you think about the whole situation differently!
We were split up into groups of people our age and we were able to do many things together like service projects, visiting the church history sites, and going to a beautiful lake! The people in my group were awesome and even though we had some bumps along the way, I'm grateful they are the ones I got to know!
These are what we called our creeper magnets! We used them like the Weasley's clock in Harry Potter. It allowed us to keep track of everyone!
The whole pageant experience was incredible. I learned a lot about myself and about other people. It is definitely something I am grateful I did!
After pageant, my parents and I (they were also in the pageant with me) stopped in New York City where we got to see lots of sites and The Phantom of the Opera!!! :) We also went to the Ben and Jerry's Factory, the birthplace of Joseph Smith, the Old North Church in Boston, Hershey's Chocolate World, and then we ended our trip with stopping in Nauvoo to see my best friend and roommate Sarah perform as one of the Young Performing Missionaries.
My trip was a lot of fun, but I am SO glad to be home from all the travels and I hope to catch up on my rest before I pack and head back to Utah! :)
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Hey. Hey, man.
No, *points* that's hey man."
-Rock of Ages-
